Hearts hold Blue Toon at bay until final quarter-hour

William Hill Scottish Cup Second Round

With new manager Barry Ferguson set to take over at New Central Park this week, Kelty Hearts put in an impressive performance away to Peterhead in the Scottish Cup as they kept the SPFL side at bay until the last 15 minutes.

Russell McLean gave Peterhead the lead after eight minutes but Kelty levelled midway through the first half when Ciaran Chalmers powered home a header.

The Blue Toon regained the lead on 74 minutes when Rory McAlister, who had been kept quiet by Murray Carstairs, lost his man to score. When Derek Lyle scored in the last minute it looked all over.

However, the home side were in for a nervous last couple of minutes as Matthew Gay scored from a Stephen Husband freekick but it was just too late for the Lowland League side.

Central Taxis East of Scotland League Cup

St Andrews United were dumped out of the League Cup at the hands of Tranent at Forester Park, with Andy Brown’s side suffering a second half capitulation to lose 8-0.

Central Taxis East of Scotland League Conference A

Hill of Beath maintained their 100% record in Conference A with a comfortable 3-1 win at Hawick Royal Albert. Greig Smith and Daniel Watt put Kevin Fotheringham’s side into a twogoal lead and when Lee Reid scored from the spot on 52 minutes it was all but game over.

Oakley United took an early lead at home to the conference leaders when James McAteer scored after two minutes.

But Wayne McIntosh levelled quickly for Penicuik and the score remained level at the break. An own goal saw the visitors take the lead on 59 minutes and McIntosh scored his second before Sam Jones made sure the points headed back to the Lothians with the fourth.

Conference B Burntisland Shipyard went down 2-1 at home to Tynecastle, Malcolm Burgess put the visitors in charge with goals on three and 22 minutes and despite Jordan Galloway pulling a goal back on the half hour the visitors took all three points back over the Forth.

Dundonald were comfortable 6-3 winners at Eyemouth with the goals coming from Archie Campbell (2), Lewis McKenzie (2), Sean O’Neill and Billy Rogerson.